Was hat die heutige Arzneykunde von den Bemühungen einiger Naturforscher und Aerzte seit einem halben Jahrhunderte in Rücksicht einer zweckmässigen Anwendung der Elektricität auf Kranke gewonnen? Beantwortet am 28. März in einer öffentlichen Versammlung der churfl. baierischen Akademie der Wissenschaften an Ihrer hohen Stiftungsfeyer de IMHOF, Maximus von

79 pp. Small 4to, orig. fine sheep (lower cover a little wormed), arms in gilt of the Elector of Bavaria, Maximilian I on upper cover, gilt border round sides, a.e.g. Munich: J. Lindauer, 1796. First edition of this scarce survey of the developments which had taken place in the previous fifty years in the application of electricity to medicine. Imhof (1758-1817), a member of the Saint Augustine order and of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, was professor of physics and mathematics at Munich and ducal librarian. He wrote a number of books on electricity, chemistry, and mathematics. In the present work, Imhof describes the advances in medical electricity made by many of the great physicists of the 18th century, including Musschenbroek, Watson, Cavallo, Bertholon, Galvani, Volta, and many others (including little-known scientists). A very pretty copy from the Wittelsbach library of the dukes and kings of Bavaria. ❧ Poggendorff, I, 1169. Ronalds 254. Not in Wheeler Gift Cat. Presentation letter laid-in to the Duke of Bavaria.